Fourier transform of a convolution of a measure and mollifier converges uniformly to the fourier transform of the measure

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Let $\psi$ be a mollifier with $spt(\psi) \subset B_1(0)$. Define $\psi_\epsilon$ as usual. Now let $\mu$ be a finite borel measure. Define $\mu_\epsilon = \psi_\epsilon * \mu$. Then $\hat{\mu_\epsilon}$ converges uniformly to $\hat{\mu}$.

But how to show the statement? We know that $\mu_\epsilon$ converges weakly to $\mu$ but how does this help us?

Any hints/answer would be appreciated.

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This is false, assuming the domain is the real line. Let $\mu$ be the Dirac delta at the origin. Then $\widehat{\mu}=1$ and $\widehat{\mu}_\epsilon=\widehat{\phi}_\epsilon$ is a function that decays to $0$ at infinity for all $\epsilon$.

To make this true, you would need an additional assumption that $\widehat{\mu}$ also has some decay. Then
$\widehat{\mu}_\epsilon-\widehat{\mu}=(\widehat{\phi}_\epsilon-1)\widehat{\mu}$, and $\widehat{\phi}_\epsilon$ is converging to 1 uniformly on all compact subsets.